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Precomputed lunar distances
From: C Roberts
Date: 2005 Apr 10, 19:32 -0400
From: C Roberts
Date: 2005 Apr 10, 19:32 -0400
In postings on this list , altitudes and azimuths were required for accurate calculations of distances between bodies. How can precomputed lunar distances be done as has been done for centuries?? It would seem that almanac GHA and DEC are the only data available. This same calculation would be used for inter stellar distances for checking sextant calibrations. It has been said that the values in Bauer's book are wrong. In the lunar distance calculations this value which is used to proportion for GMT is calculated. Can precomputed values be used to avoid this ? Searching for the best free email? Try MetaCrawler Mail, from the #1 metasearch service on the Web, http://www.metacrawler.com
